Politics

Friday 28 November 2014November 27, 2014 (JUBA) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Thursday declined a request by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) demanding it to use its aircraft to transport Sudan People’s Liberation (...)

Tuesday 25 March 2014By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
March 24, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The South Sudanese government has dropped its demand that a grouping of seven politicians who were arrested at the start of the current conflict be barred from participating in peace (...)

Tuesday 1 December 2009By James Gatdet Dak
November 30, 2009 (JUBA) – Sudan’s Unity state ranks first among the country’s 25 states during the ongoing turnout for voter registration, the National Elections Commission (NEC) has announced. Fishing camp on the (...)

Friday 23 January 2015January 22, 2015 (JUBA) – An alliance of South Sudanese opposition parties have petitioned the country’s electoral commission over its plans to hold general elections later this year. Salva Kiir casts his vote in the 2010 elections. (...)

Thursday 20 March 2014March 19, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said that its chairman president Omer Hassan al-Bashir could be a neutral figure in the dialogue between the NCP and opposition parties should all sides agree on him (...)

Monday 26 January 2015January 25, 2015 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese government has downplayed the defection of the head of its state-owned media agency to the armed opposition, saying the latter evaded justice after failing to meet his financial obligations (...)

Monday 1 December 2014November 30, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president again warned against alliance with the rebel groups and vowed to try the leader of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP) for the signing of Paris Declaration with the Sudanese (...)

Monday 24 March 2014March 23, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir has laid out the guidelines of a reform plan before cabinet in an emergency session on Sunday, directing ministers to fight corruption and uphold the principle of (...)

Monday 22 June 2009By James Gatdet Dak
June 21, 2009 (JUBA) — Sudan’s federal capital, Khartoum, is agreed by the two parties to the 2005’s peace deal to be the seat of the would-be established commission for Southern Sudan referendum. Soldiers stand to (...)

The Berlin Meeting: What’s at stake?2015-02-25 11:33:06
By the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG)
Between 25 and 27 February, Berlin will become the hub for the Sudanese unarmed and armed opposition, invited by the German Foreign Ministry and the (...)

Can a democratic government extend its own life?2015-02-23 07:32:25
By Dr Lam Akol
Last Thursday, the government tabled before parliament an amendment bill in order to amend the Constitution for the Government to extend its life for two more years. In a (...)

Press Release from the SPLM/A (IO) in Uganda2015-02-11 09:39:09
February 10, 2015
1. The office of the SPLM/A (IO) and the presence of its diplomatic representation that was established under the Kampala outcome of the 21st August 2014 is operational and has (...)